what does butterfish mean?
BUTTERFISH as NOUN
- Meaning
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) butterfish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) butterfish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
- Meaning
- any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
Hypernyms(s) butterfish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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